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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.17.17

* Iranian law students participating in an international moot court competition "surprised" over the warm reception they've gotten in the United States. [Al-Monitor] * Yup, Justice Gorsuch is going to be just fine on the Court. [New York Times] * The newest justice's first test. [Slate] * Look at this district attorney race to get a sense of the anti-Trump resistance. [Salon] * Are lawyers branding themselves all wrong? [Law and More] * Don't call it a comeback. [Politico] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg

By Kathryn Rubino
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.17.17

* The Gorsuch hearings are set for March 20th. Now what should senators ask him? [National Law Journal] * Seriously, what should senators ask him? [SCOTUSBlog] * The CFPB is getting battered and bruised, but the D.C. Circuit may give it a fighting chance. [Law.com] * Pepper Hamilton had a high profile year working the Baylor matter, but PPP is down 28 percent. They lose any more and they'll have to change their name to Peper Hamilton. [Legal Intelligencer] * Alston & Bird, meanwhile, saw a revenue boost. [Daily Report] * Judge finds probable cause in criminal complaint against Chris Christie. Don't worry, New Jersey prosecutors are too scared of traffic problems in their towns to do anything about it. [Law360] * Florida has been busy. First the Docs v. Glocks ruling and now an abortion ruling. [Orlando Sentinel] * My God. They can't even pass background checks. [Politico] * The top 10 law novels of the last 10 years. I wonder if She-Hulk made the list? (Spoiler: she does.) [ABA Journal]

By Joe Patrice
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.13.17

* The University of Houston Law Center and the South Texas College of Law Houston (formerly known as the Houston College of Law and the South Texas College of Law) still haven't been able to resolve their trademark tiff. A judge has encouraged both law schools to "keep at it" to avoid a trial. [Houston Chronicle] * Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017, a bill ending Chevron deference -- perhaps the most important principal of administrative law. Apparently it will be much better for job creation and economic growth if judges ignore regulatory agencies' legal interpretations. [Law360 (sub. req.)] * Leslie Caldwell, the head of the Justice Department's criminal division, will be stepping down from her post today. She has no idea what's ahead of her aside from a trip to the Caribbean next week. As far as her prospective successor is concerned, she thinks accessing data on encrypted devices will be "problem No. 1 to address." [WSJ Law Blog] * A New Jersey judge has refused to dismiss a gubernatorial candidate's criminal complaint against Governor Chris Christie over the Bridgegate scandal, noting that a lower court judge "improperly denied counsel [to Christie] at a critical stage" of the case. If probable cause is found, Christie may face charges, just like his colleagues. [Reuters] * "Even if we could justify the need ... it is far from clear that the funding case could be made...." Given the turmoil at Charlotte Law, people are wondering whether it would be a good idea for UNC Charlotte to open a law school. Just because one law school may be closing, it doesn't mean that another needs to open in its place. [Charlotte Observer]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.27.16

* I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. [The Atlantic] * I'm dreaming of a white... genocide? No, that's not how that song goes. That's not how that song goes, even in my house. [Simple Justice] * The battle between Tata Sons and its former chairman, Cyrus Mistry, is probably the biggest corporate law story that you don't care about. [New Indian Express] * Chris Christie has been totally abandoned. [New York Times] * Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is probably more likely to be eaten by reindeer than have his job by this time next year. [Wall Street Journal] * Parole judge charged with assault for slugging a public defender. Do you even need a joke here? [New York Daily News]

By Elie Mystal
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By Barbri
Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 10.24.16

* "Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign." Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to sue all of the "liars" who have accused him of sexual assault within the last two weeks when the election is over. As an attorney representing one of Trump's accusers noted, a lawsuit would provide a "field day" to depose him under oath. [CNN] * The American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has approved a tougher bar-passage rate standard that would require 75 percent of of a law school’s graduates who sit for the bar exam to pass it within two years. It's up to the ABA House of Delegates to decide if the stricter standard will ever be implemented. We'll have more on this later today. [ABA Journal] * "I don’t know why he would wait around for 200 days and then pull out at the very moment that it seemed likely that he was going to get confirmed." Will Judge Merrick Garland be confirmed to SCOTUS? With senators calling for lame-duck hearings if Hillary Clinton is elected and a bare-bones oral arguments calendar scheduled, it seems like even the justices are holding out hope for a full house in 2017. [Washington Post] * In a deal likely to invoke government scrutiny, AT&T has agreed to purchase Time Warner for $84.5 billion. Teams from Sullivan & Cromwell (transaction work) and Arnold & Porter (regulatory work) will be representing AT&T, while Cravath will be representing Time Warner. Faiza Saeed, Cravath's deputy presiding partner, will lead the team working on the deal from her firm. [DealBook / New York Times; Am Law Daily] * According to testimony from Bridget Kelly, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff, Christie allegedly knew about the Bridgegate lane closures a month before they occurred, not afterwards, as he's repeatedly claimed. Kelly, who says she thought the lane closures were for a traffic study, not a politically motivated scheme, is currently being tried in federal court over her role in the 2013 scandal. [Reuters]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 10.13.16

* Workplace safety -- especially when it deals with beloved actor Harrison Ford -- is no laughing matter. And a Disney subsidiary is paying ~$2 million as a result. [io9] * A look at the oral argument in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado. [Slate] * This whole "publicly traded company" thing isn't working out so great for Slater & Gordon. [Law and More] * A new summons for Governor Chris Christie over Bridgegate. [Huffington Post] * Despite SCOTUS ruling, there haven't been many Hobby Lobby copycats. [Politico] * Copyright suit over the classic "Who's On First" routine stays dead. [Hollywood Reporter]

By Kathryn Rubino